Getting Whacked

After I got home from work yesterday, I hopped on the mower and started mowing my yard. I managed to finish it before dark and started working on Mom & Dad's yard. I got all of the big patch, where the garden used to be, done but it was fairly dark by the time I finished. I thought that maybe I could see well enough to get most of the back yard done and started mowing around the perimeter.

I decided that to cut short on time, I would just mow as close to the guy wire as possible instead of doing a complete circle around it. I had pushed the mower up against the guy wire and was just getting ready to back off when it popped free of what was pushing it and came back and whacked me on my right temple. It certainly was a stunning moment. Talk about an instant headache!!

As I finished the round that I was on, my imagination went to work. I got to thinking about what would have happened if I didn't have such a thick skull and it had knocked me out. What does a ZTR mower do if the person in the drivers seat becomes unconscious? If they fall forward, then forward you shall go. What if you fall off and the thing goes in circles? It could mow a person's arm or leg off before anyone in the house knows what is going on. It's not like anyone ever checks on me when I'm mowing but then who ever heard of getting knocked out while mowing?? I came to the conclusion that mowing in the dark is not the brightest idea I'd ever had. I finished my round and put the mower away.

I'd had a dull headache ever since Thursday evening and the whacking just made it worse. After an hour or so, it finally dawned on me that I can take something for it so I took some Aleve. It made it all better. I'm not sure why I never think of taking something for my aches and pains.